The Unmade World: A Novel - Softcover

Steve Yarbrough is the author of ten books. He has won numerous awards, including the Richard Wright Award, the Robert Penn Warren Award, the California Book Award, the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Fiction, the Mississippi Authors Award, etc. He has also been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. His work has appeared in Best American Short Stories, Best American Mystery Stories, and the Pushcart Prize Anthology, and has also been published in Ireland, the UK, the Netherlands, Japan and Poland. He currently teaches at Emerson College and lives in Stoneham, MA with his wife Ewa.

Safe from the Neighbors:

"A satisfying, deftly constructed narrative that contemplates the difficulty with which we shed our ties to history ... An intricate, absorbing tale." -- Washington Post

"Yarbrough, who has been likened to Faulkner for his attention to Mississippi ... nimbly illustrates what the past can tell us about the present." -- New York Times Book Review

"Yarbrough's lines can stop you in your tracks." -- Florida Times-Union

The Realm of Last Chances:

“Inspires the kind of wonder and elation one feels in the hands of a gifted writer. . . . [It] turns a light on the kind of lives that so often go unremarked, suffusing them with compassion, empathy and rare beauty.” ―The Washington Post

"Yarbrough is a brilliant social observer and possesses a talent for detail ― whether describing political bumper stickers or sandwich orders ― that elevates The Realm of Last Chances “ --Chicago Tribune

Prisoners of War:

"Yarbrough writes with quiet compassion." -- New York Times Book Review

"The highest kind of art, full of subtlety and sensitivity." -- Dallas Morning News

"Vivid and dramatic ... Prisoners of War is smart and entertaining." -- San Francisco Chronicle

"With subtlety, compassion and detachment Yarbrough teases out the notion that the line separating those who can be saved from those who cannot is very fine and too easily crossed." -- Memphis Commercial Appeal

Visible Spirits:

"Invites comparison with Faulkner's greatest novels." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"A compelling look at moral courage ... The place, people, events, and emotions are so authentic, it's hard to believe the story is fiction." -- USA Today

"A powerful tale ... A skillful interweaving of complicated relationships to family and history." -- Washington Post

"Yarbrough's story, full of well-rounded characters wrestling with family secrets and sexual jealousy, is compelling throughout." -- The Times of London

The End of California:

"One of the brightest Southern writers since Pat Conroy ... an evocative portrait of a place and people every bit as complex as Faulkner's." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Compelling ... Yarbrough has a keen ear [and] a sharp eye for changes in the cultural landscape." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Graceful, precise and packed with surprises." ―The Washington Post

The Oxygen Man:

"Positively sparkles with soul and feeling ... A first novel to be treasured." -- USA Today

"A clear-eyed, expertly written first novel." -- Time Magazine

"The Oxygen Man is a deeply felt book about novel choices and the destinies created by those choices and by circumstances beyond our control: our class, our race, the time and place we're born." -- Chicago Tribune